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The addressers
Title
The addressers [graphic].
Published
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1769]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 13 x 22 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from caption etched above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 147.
For the sequel see "Battle of Temple Bar."
Summary
A group of London merchants met on 8 March 1769 in the pub the "King's Arms" to address the King and express confidence in the current government, but it desolved into a fist fight. The participants are identified in the British Museum catalogue as Mr. Tooke, Mr. Muilman, a Mr. Reynolds (fl. 1769) and Charles Dingley. See British Museum catalogue for further explanation of the events depicted.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 10, 2008
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, no. 4273
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1769.
Periodical illustrations.
Etchings - England - London - 1769.
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